*1
_aṇṭam kaṭanta cuvaṭum _uṇṭō?
_aṉal _aṅkai _ēntiya _āṭal _uṇṭō?
paṇṭai _eḻuvar paṭiyum _uṇṭō?
pāriṭaṅkaḷpala cūḻap pōntatu _uṇṭō?
kaṇṭam _iṟaiyē kaṟuttatu _uṇṭō?
kaṇṇiṉmēl kaṇ _oṉṟu kaṇṭatu _uṇṭō?
toṇṭarkaḷ cūḻat toṭarcci _uṇṭō?---
collīr, _empirāṉāraik kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*2
_erikiṉṟa _iḷa ñāyiṟu _aṉṉa mēṉi
_ilaṅkiḻai _ōrpāl _uṇṭō? veḷ_ēṟu _uṇṭō?
virikiṉṟa poṟi _aravat taḻalum _uṇṭō?
vēḻattiṉ_uri _uṇṭō? veṇnūl _uṇṭō?
vari niṉṟa poṟi_aravac caṭaiyum _uṇṭō?
_ac caṭaimēl _iḷamatiyam vaittatu _uṇṭō?
corikiṉṟa puṉal _uṇṭō? cūlam _uṇṭō?---
collīr, _empirāṉāraik kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*3
nilāmālai ceñcaṭaimēl vaittatu _uṇṭō?
neṟṟimēl kaṇ _uṇṭō? nīṟu cāntō?
pulāl nāṟu veḷ_elumpu pūṇṭatu _uṇṭō?
pūtam taṟ cūḻntaṉavō? pōr _ēṟu _uṇṭō?
kalām mālai vēlkaṇṇāḷ pākattu _uṇṭō?
kārk koṉṟaimālai kalantatu _uṇṭō?
culā mālai _āṭu_aravam tōḷmēl _uṇṭō?
collīr, _empirāṉāraik kaṇṭa_āṟē.
*4
paṇ _ārnta vīṇai payiṉṟatu _uṇṭō?
pāriṭaṅkaḷpala cūḻap pōntatu _uṇṭō?
_uṇṇā _arunañcam _uṇṭatu _uṇṭō?
_ūḻittī _aṉṉa _oḷitāṉ _uṇṭō?
kaṇ _ār kaḻal kālaṟ ceṟṟatu _uṇṭō?
kāmaṉaiyum kaṇ_aḻalāl kāyntatu _uṇṭō?
_eṇṇār tiripuraṅkaḷ _eytatu _uṇṭō?---
_ev vakai, _empirāṉāraik kaṇṭa_āṟē?
*5
nīṟu _uṭaiya tirumēṉi pākam _uṇṭō?
neṟṟimēl _oṟṟaikkaṇ muṟṟum _uṇṭō?
kūṟu _uṭaiya koṭumaḻuvāḷ kaiyil _uṇṭō?
kol pulit tōl_uṭai _uṇṭō? koṇṭa vēṭam
_āṟu _uṭaiya caṭai _uṇṭō? _aravam _uṇṭō?
_ataṉ _arukē piṟai _uṇṭō? _aḷavu _ilāta
_ēṟu _uṭaiya koṭi _uṇṭō? _ilayam _uṇṭō?---
_ev vakai, _empirāṉāraik kaṇṭa_āṟē?
*6
paṭṭamum tōṭum _ōrpākam kaṇṭēṉ;
pār tikaḻap pali tirintu pōtak kaṇṭēṉ;
koṭṭi niṉṟu _ilayaṅkaḷ _āṭak kaṇṭēṉ;
kuḻai kātil, piṟai ceṉṉi, _ilaṅkak kaṇṭēṉ;
kaṭṭaṅkak koṭi tiṇtōḷ _āṭak kaṇṭēṉ;
kaṉam maḻuvāḷ valaṅkaiyil _ilaṅkak kaṇṭēṉ;
ciṭṭaṉait tiru_ālavāyil kaṇṭēṉ---
tēvaṉaik kaṉavil nāṉ kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*7
_alaittu _ōṭu puṉalkaṅkai caṭaiyil kaṇṭēṉ;
_alarkoṉṟaittār _aṇinta_āṟu kaṇṭēṉ;
palikku _ōṭit tirivār kaip pāmpu kaṇṭēṉ;
paḻaṉam pukuvā_airap pakalē kaṇṭēṉ;
kalik kaccimēṟṟaḷiyē _irukkak kaṇṭēṉ;
kaṟaimiṭaṟum kaṇṭēṉ; kaṉalum kaṇṭēṉ;
valittu _uṭutta māṉtōl _araiyil kaṇṭēṉ---
maṟai valla mā tavaṉaik kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*8
nīṟu _ēṟu tirumēṉi nikaḻak kaṇṭēṉ;
nīḷcaṭaimēl niṟai kaṅkai _ēṟak kaṇṭēṉ;
kūṟu _ēṟu koṭumaḻuvāḷ koḷḷak kaṇṭēṉ;
koṭukoṭṭi, kai _alaku, kaiyil kaṇṭēṉ;
_āṟu _ēṟu ceṉṉi _aṇi matiyum kaṇṭēṉ;
_aṭiyārkaṭku _ār _amutam_ākak kaṇṭēṉ;
_ēṟu _ēṟi _in neṟiyē pōtak kaṇṭēṉ---
_iv vakai _emperumāṉaik kaṇṭa_āṟē!
*9
viraiyuṇṭa veṇnīṟutāṉum _uṇṭu;
veṇtalai kai _uṇṭu; _oru kai vīṇai _uṇṭu;
curai _uṇṭu; cūṭum piṟai _oṉṟu _uṇṭu;
cūlamum taṇṭum cumantatu _uṇṭu(v);
_araiyuṇṭa kōvaṇa_āṭai _uṇṭu(v);
_alikkōlum tōlum _aḻakā _uṇṭu(v);
_irai _uṇṭu_aṟiyāta pāmpum _uṇṭu(v)---
_imaiyōrperumāṉ _ilātatu _eṉṉē?
*10
maip paṭinta kaṇṇāḷum tāṉum kacci-
mayāṉattāṉ, vārcaṭaiyāṉ _eṉṉiṉ, _allāṉ;
_oppu _uṭaiyaṉ_allaṉ; _oruvaṉ _allaṉ;
_ōr _ūraṉ _allaṉ; _ōr _uvamaṉ_i(l)li;
_ap paṭiyum _an niṟamum _av vaṇṇa(m)mum
_avaṉ _aruḷē kaṇ_ākak kāṇiṉ_allāl,
_ip paṭiyaṉ, _in niṟattaṉ, _iv vaṇṇattaṉ,
_ivaṉ _iṟaivaṉ _eṉṟu _eḻutik kāṭṭa _oṇātē.
*11
poṉ _otta mēṉimēl poṭiyum kaṇṭēṉ;
pulittōl_uṭai kaṇṭēṉ; puṇarat taṉmēl
miṉ _otta nuṇ_iṭaiyāḷ pākam kaṇṭēṉ;
miḷirvatu _oru pāmpum _araimēl kaṇṭēṉ;
_aṉṉattēr _ūrnta _arakkaṉtaṉṉai
_alaṟa _aṭarttiṭṭa _aṭiyum kaṇṭēṉ;
ciṉṉa malarkkoṉṟaikkaṇṇi kaṇṭēṉ---
civaṉai nāṉ cintaiyuḷ kaṇṭa_āṟē!